Mary Cloud works with Health Department informing patients, tracing contacts By Allie Shinskey A University of Rhode Island College of Nursing professor is filling a key role in the COVID-19 fight, working with the Rhode Island Department of Health to inform residents who have tested positive for the disease, advise them what to do next, […]

Meredith Arden traveled around Rhode Island, Massachusetts to secure donations A University of Rhode Island College of Nursing student has made an extraordinary effort to help during the COVID-19 crisis, collecting more than 5,000 medical grade masks from companies around Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and delivering them directly to front-line medical workers who need them […]

URI College of Nursing staff, faculty members and students across all departments are dedicating themselves to helping during the COVID-19 health crisis we are all facing. Here, we highlight their work in their own words. Know someone helping out who should be recognized? Email their information to patrickluce@uri.edu. My name is a Samantha Falkowski and […]

URI College of Nursing staff, faculty members and students across all departments are dedicating themselves to helping during the COVID-19 health crisis we are all facing. Here, we highlight their work in their own words. Know someone helping out who should be recognized? Email their information to patrickluce@uri.edu. My name is Bridget Montle and I […]

Call Center volunteers offer advice, support during difficult time A Rhode Island resident tested for coronavirus hadn’t yet received results of the test, but felt she needed to go to work. Another spotted an operating dog groomer while taking a walk and wanted to know if they should be open. Still another was told to […]

Join the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing for the latest installment of the College’s Distinguished Lecture series. Dr. Nancy Redeker, director of the Yale University School of Nursing Center for Biobehavioral Health Research, will deliver the address: “Advancing Nursing Science Through Precision Health.” The lecture, scheduled for March 10 at 5 p.m., will […]

Students learn from clinicians in various disciplines while providing free service to patients at Providence clinic By Allie Shinskey Nurse practitioner students at the University of Rhode Island get hands-on training while providing services to patients at the Rhode Island Free Clinic in Providence, helping provide professional care to low-income and uninsured adults in Rhode […]

Groundbreaking study could change recommendations on newborn feeding A University of Rhode Island College of Nursing professor has won the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses’ premier award for an article based on her groundbreaking study in which she challenges expected patterns of infant weight loss after birth.   The national association awarded […]

Barbara Patterson will lead publication dedicated to promoting nursing research and education By Allie Shinskey University of Rhode Island College of Nursing alumnus Barbara Patterson has expanded her role in nursing research and education, having recently been named editor of the NLN Journal, Nursing Education Perspectives. Patterson, a graduate of the College’s Ph.D. in Nursing […]